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Reputation: 5670

URL rewriting in ASP.Net Umbraco

I have a URL like this www.mydomain.com/brands/bname and I want to rewrite it to www.mydomain.com/bname I have done some logic like this

<add name="301_bname" redirectMode="Permanent" redirect="Domain" ignoreCase="true"
        rewriteUrlParameter="IncludeQueryStringForRewrite"
        virtualUrl="http://(?:www.)??mydomain.com/brands/bname`"
        destinationUrl="www.mydomain.com/bname`" />

but the problem is that this works only when I hardcode bname.And in my case this bname is dynamic..What I can do to overcome this? Note:I am new in URL rewriting case ,so if you found any mistake in my current code,you can always point out..

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3246

Answers (2)

Astuanax
Astuanax

Reputation: 667

If you would like to redirect/rewrite /brandName_x to /brands/brandName_x, you need to setup a virtual URL that redirects to a real one. 

<add name="redirect_brands" redirectMode="Permanent" ignoreCase="true"
rewriteUrlParameter="IncludeQueryStringForRewrite"
virtualUrl="^/(.*)$" destinationUrl="^/brands/$1" />

In the above line the virtualUrl is looking for a string "/brandName_x" which will be redirected to "/brands/brandName_x" which is where the actual node is located.

To achieve the opposite, you can do this:

<add name="redirect_brands" redirectMode="Permanent" ignoreCase="true"
rewriteUrlParameter="IncludeQueryStringForRewrite"
virtualUrl="^/brands/(.*)$" destinationUrl="^/$1" />

Upvotes: 4

Electric Sheep
Electric Sheep

Reputation: 4330

Try:

<add name="301_bname" redirectMode="Permanent" ignoreCase="true"
rewriteUrlParameter="IncludeQueryStringForRewrite" virtualUrl="^~/brands/(.*)"
destinationUrl="~/$1" />

The virtualUrl parameter uses a regular expression to match the incoming URL. You can then use the $1 notation to pass the pattern to the destinationUrl parameter.

Since both urls are on the same domain, and (I assume) within your web application, you don't need the redirect="Domain" part, and you can use relative URL paths.

Upvotes: 1

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